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14 Cards in this Set
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John Smith
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Helped save Jamestown was a sea captain, a self-proclaimed soilder-of-fortune, and a poet.
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Jametown
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In April of 1607, 150 passengers reached the Virgina coast and claimed the land for themselves and named the settlement Jamestown in honor of the King.
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John Rolfe
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In 1609 he went to Jamestown and in 1612 he experimented with tobacco and developed the first profitable export, and in 1614 he married Cheif Powhatan's daughter, Pocahantas.
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Powhatan
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was the leader, or chief, of the Powhatan tribe.
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"Brown Gold"
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Brown Gold is tobacco, found by John Rolfe in 1612.
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headright system
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The Virginia Company's policy of granting 50 acres of land to each settler and to each family member.
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Indentured servents
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a person who has agreed to work for another for a limited period. Often in return for travel expenses, shelter, ect.
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royal colony
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a colony under the direct control of the English monarch.
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Nathaniel Bacon
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29 year-old planter, hot-tempered son of a wealthy Englishman.
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John Winthrop
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a lawyer, the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Judicial review
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the Surpreme Court's power to declair an act of Congress unconstitutional
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John Marshal
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Chief Justice of the U.S. and pricipal founder of the constitutional law and Surpreme Court.
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midnight judges
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the judges appointed by John Adams in the last hours of his administration.
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Little Turtle
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Was a cheif of the Miami Tribe.
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